Emotional Nature of the Left

In this increasingly tense and chaotic political climate we have been witnessing as of recent, it has become clear to me how important emotional neutrality can be. When I hear the cries of injustice from the left or threats of imminent destruction at the hands of terrorists from the right, it can be easy to turn a blind eye to the facts at hand, and give in blindly to the claims of those looking to sway the populace.

A small example of this can be seen in the recent news of President Trump cutting federal funding of the program Meals on Wheels. Democrats looking at any chance to slander Trump for this decision have made me question their credibility in regards to examining the facts of the situation.

This instance was portrayed through mainstream media as if it was the work of the devil himself. Yet taking a closer look at the numbers, it becomes clear that Meals on Wheels only receives three percent of its total budget from the United States government. Democrats recently donated more money towards creating a Bernie Sanders action figure through Kickstarter.

Former President Barrack Obama cut federal funding of this very same program in 2013. Where was the left’s outcry then?

It appears to me that for the Democrats to sustain support for their platform, they will need to work on setting consistent values. Until then I will be fighting for the right.

The Millennial Meltdown

An article by columnist Michael Brown titled, “Why Are The Millennials Protesting?”, posted on March 10, 2017 in the right leaning blog, Townhall, offers a possible explanation as to why we are seeing the intense behaviors associated with the millennials’ social and political movements of recent times. Brown references an article by Ewan Morrison that cites an enormous rise in personality disorders, depression, and anxiety since the early 1990’s that has afflicted millennials who grew up during this time period. It is believed that a change in traditional parenting roles and “positive parenting” brought about by progressives of the time plays a large part in this sudden increase.

As a millennial myself, I must agree that all points ring true to what I have personally witnessed and experienced through my generation’s upbringing into adulthood. Although this article explains the millennial psyche, I find it lacks any sort of proposed solution to the problem at hand. What Brown has brought to the table is nothing the general public wasn’t already aware of.

An article like this only reinforces the victim mentality present in my generation. When responsibility for our actions is waived in favor of highlighting the mistakes of a previous generation’s style of parenting, we cannot expect to see this problem decline. If a lack of accountability or consequence experienced during upbringing has helped to bring about the millennial generation’s hyper inflated narcissism, it would make sense to revert away from the progressive approach and work towards teaching the hard life lessons that my generation has been resistant to understand or accept.